One former Temple basketball player and two former staff members were found to have violated the NCAA’s sports betting policy, the governing body announced Friday.
Key Takeaways
- Former Owl Hysier Miller wagered on and against his team.
- Miller is ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA.
- Two former Temple staff members bet on college and pro sports, but not on the Owls.
The NCAA Committee on Infractions said Hysier Miller, who played 91 games over three seasons for the Owls, placed 39 wagers on Temple and three against Temple, all on parlays, that totaled $473 from Nov. 7, 2022, through March 2, 2024.
“As a result of the sports betting violations involving bets on and against his own team, Miller violated honesty and sportsmanship and sports betting rules, triggering permanent ineligibility,” the NCAA said in the release.
Miller transferred after the 2023-2024 season to Virginia Tech, but he was not allowed to play and left the team “due to circumstances prior to his enrollment,” the school said in October 2024.
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NCAA investigation
Miller participated in the investigation by the NCAA and Temple, and his case was “resolved via negotiated resolution in coordination with the school, per infractions process operating procedures,” the NCAA said.
Miller can only be reinstated with the help of an NCAA school.
An investigation into Temple basketball began when the NCAA was notified by integrity monitors of “potential issues.” The American Athletic Conference later confirmed that U.S. Integrity informed the league about a 2024 game against UAB after a massive odds move triggered the alert.
Miller played in that game and hit just three of his nine shots and had three turnovers during a season in which he averaged nearly 16 points per game.
The NCAA’s infractions committee did not say that Miller was involved in point shaving or any other game or performance manipulation.
Staff betting
Former special assistant Camren Wynter and former graduate assistant Jaylen Bond were both found to have wagered on college and professional sports, but none of the staff members’ bets were placed on Temple basketball.
Wynter violated the sports betting policy by placing more than 50 bets totaling $9,642, including $1,923 on college football, during five months in 2023. He interviewed with the enforcement staff of the infractions committee, admitting that he knew betting violated the NCAA’s policy, but Wynter did not participate in the resolution process.
Bond, a former Temple player who also served on coaching staffs at East Carolina and Albany, was found to have placed 546 wagers over two years. Just $200 of his $5,597 wagering total was placed on college sports. The rest was on professional sports. Bond also participated in the investigation and admitted to the wagering.
Per the NCAA’s ruling, Wynter and Bond were given a one-year show-cause order, and if hired by a school during that period, they must lead a sports betting rules education presentation with players and staff members.
They also face a suspension of 10% of regular-season games during the first year of employment.
Changes coming
Temple is one of multiple men’s basketball schools to be investigated by the NCAA for sports betting misconduct. The NCAA has long held a policy of no sports betting of any kind from players and personnel, despite wagering surging to 39 U.S. states as of Dec. 1. However, the governing body is relaxing its rules.
Beginning Saturday, Players and staff members can wager on professional sports. Any college betting, however, is still against NCAA rules. This change was opposed by SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and others, delaying the new policy by three weeks while the NCAA mulled the decision.
